This was to be expected. Since Jobs returned to Apple the company was nearly perfect. Any errors after he died of any magnitude were going to used as proof that the company was losing its mojo.

However, it's important to remember nearly perfect isn't the same thing as perfect. As a reminder that Apple wasn't always perfect with Jobs in charge, we've put together this collection of Apple mistakes.

Eric Schmidt was a board member at Apple while Apple developed its most important products -- the iPhone and iPad. Apple would totally dominate both markets if Google didn't build Android, which directly competes with iPhone and iPad. The fact that Steve Jobs gave Schmidt a front row seat to the development of those products is mind boggling in retrospect.

Apple stuck with AT&T for too long

Apple's relationship with AT&T was initially fantastic for the iPhone. Apple was allowed to do what it wanted, how it wanted with its phone. As a result we got a non-crapware loaded iPhone. But, the relationship ended up being bad for Apple because it was exclusive. Verizon customers looking for an iPhone bought Androids, which led to Apple losing its chance to own the U.S. smartphone market.